AS Published on Sunday 5 March 2023 - n° 435 - Categories:R&D
A new step towards the use of perovskite?
Researchers in Singapore have found a way to replace lead with zinc as the covering layer of a perovskite cell.
L R AS Published on Monday 6 February 2023 - n° 433 - Categories:R&D
R&D highlights: inverted perovskite solar cell, 20% cadmium selenium telluride, CIGS with silver, polymer cushion to protect the perovskite cell.
R&D highlights: inverted perovskite solar cell, 20% cadmium selenium telluride, CIGS with silver, polymer cushion to protect the perovskite cell.
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Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Berlin have developed an inverted perovskite solar cell.
AS Published on Sunday 5 February 2023 - n° 433 - Categories:placing on the market, R&D
The Enphase bi-directional charger
Enphase introduces a bi-directional charger for electric vehicles. It allows for vehicle-to-home, vehicle-to-grid, and home energy applications.
AS Published on Sunday 29 January 2023 - n° 432 - Categories:R&D , panels
Paraffin wax to reduce panel temperature
Egyptian researchers have used paraffin wax as a phase change material (PCM) to reduce the operating temperature of photovoltaic panels. They found that this material improves the efficiency
AS Published on Sunday 29 January 2023 - n° 432 - Categories:R&D , panels
Crystalline titanium oxide to remove dirt from panels
The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) in Germany has used crystalline titanium oxide on ultra-thin glass in a roll-to-roll process. Titanium dioxide is a material that is hydrophobic
L R AS Published on Monday 23 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:R&D
In short, solid lithium battery (Yoshino Tech.), new tracker (GameChange Solar)
In brief, solid lithium battery (Yoshino Technology), new tracker (GameChange Solar)
Californian company Yoshino Technology has developed portable batteries
AS Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:R&D , panels
A PV panel with half the carbon footprint of a Chinese product
The French research institute CEA-INES has produced a 566 W heterojunction photovoltaic (HJT) panel using Norwegian silicon wafers based on German silicon and solar cells manufactured in France. The prototype
L R AS Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:tandem cells, R&D
All-perovskite tandem solar cell achieves efficiency (27.1%)
NREL's wide bandgap all-perovskite tandem solar cell achieved remarkable efficiency (27.1%) and stability. The manufacturing process used
L R AS Published on Monday 16 January 2023 - n° 430 - Categories:R&D
In brief, innovations: panels between railway tracks; cells with 32.5% efficiency
In brief, innovations: panels between railway tracks; cells with 32.5% efficiency
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The Swiss Sun-Ways
AS Published on Sunday 15 January 2023 - n° 430 - Categories:R&D
A thermo-acoustic heat pump
French start-up Equium has developed a new thermo-acoustic heat pump core that produces 3 to 4 kW of heat for every kilowatt of electricity consumed. The company claims that this refrigerant-free device
AS Published on Sunday 15 January 2023 - n° 430 - Categories:R&D , cells
Improving solar cell efficiency depends on R&D investment
Researchers from Luxembourg and the US have highlighted the crucial role of R&D in improving the efficiency of solar cells. It is theoretically possible to measure the prospects of new solar cell technologies at any stage of development.
L R AS Published on Monday 19 December 2022 - n° 429 - Categories:R&D
R&D: panel coolers; new perovskite cells
Italian scientists have proposed the use of radiative coolers made from cementitious materials
AS Published on Saturday 17 December 2022 - n° 429 - Categories:R&D
A "paper-thin" photovoltaic solar cell
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has introduced a new "paper-thin" solar photovoltaic cell that can be applied to a variety of surfaces
L R AS Published on Monday 12 December 2022 - n° 428 - Categories:R&D
New water splitting system
Dutch researchers have developed a water splitting system with an electrochemical cell and a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell
L R AS Published on Monday 12 December 2022 - n° 428 - Categories:R&D
In brief R&D: solar electric vehicle, lowering the temperature, inverted perovkite cell
In brief R&D: two-seater solar electric vehicle, lowering the temperature, inverted perovkite cell
- Two-seater solar electric vehicle. It is designed for limited journeys and short distances (80 km range). It can be recharged using sunlight to cover a further 30 km. Maximum speed is 70 km per hour. The vehicle costs $6,250.
- Lowering the operating using ultrasonic thermoelectric generators
- An inverted perovskite solar cell with remarkable charge transport. Chinese researchers are said to have produced an inverted perovskite solar cell that eliminates carrier recombination at the interface between the perovskite and the charge transport layer, as well as the recombination between the perovskite and the charge transport layer.
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https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/12/09/squad-mobility-to-sell-new-solar-car-for-6250/